Fate and transport of radioactive gypsum stack water entering the Floridan aquifer due to a sinkhole collapse.

abstract：:Multiple Sclerosis (MS), is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system that leads to chronic demyelination with axonal damage and neuronal loss. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represent a promising therapeutic approach for MS. In the current study, we investigated the effects of MSCs deriv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang YL,Xue P,Xu CY,Wang Z,Liu XS,Hua LL,Bai HY,Zeng ZL,Duan HF,Li JF

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomes are masters of adaptation to different host environments during their complex life cycle. Large-scale proteomic approaches provide information on changes at the cellular level, and in a systematic way. However, detailed work on single components is necessary to understand the adaptation mechanisms on a mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cicova Z,Dejung M,Skalicky T,Eisenhuth N,Hanselmann S,Morriswood B,Figueiredo LM,Butter F,Janzen CJ

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Broadband on-chip optical frequency combs (OFCs) are important for expanding the functionality of photonic integrated circuits. Here, we demonstrate a huge local optical nonlinearity enhancement using graphene. A waveguide is decorated with graphene by precisely manipulating graphene's area and position. Our approach ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ishizawa A,Kou R,Goto T,Tsuchizawa T,Matsuda N,Hitachi K,Nishikawa T,Yamada K,Sogawa T,Gotoh H

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The transparency of animals is an important biological feature. Ascidian eggs have various degrees of transparency, but this characteristic has not yet been measured quantitatively and comprehensively. In this study, we established a method for evaluating the transparency of eggs to first characterize the transparency...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shito TT,Hasegawa N,Oka K,Hotta K

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The intensity and frequency of precipitation events are predicted to change over the coming decades. For many areas, longer periods without rainfall are expected. We investigated the importance of irrigation frequency under water deficit conditions for growth, physiology and chemistry of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Dro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stallmann J,Schweiger R,Pons CAA,Müller C

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Epididymal Cysteine Rich Secretory Proteins 1 and 4 (CRISP1 and CRISP4) associate with sperm during maturation and play different roles in fertilization. However, males lacking each of these molecules individually are fertile, suggesting compensatory mechanisms between these homologous proteins. Based on this, in the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Carvajal G,Brukman NG,Weigel Muñoz M,Battistone MA,Guazzone VA,Ikawa M,Haruhiko M,Lustig L,Breton S,Cuasnicu PS

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Paleozoic Dniepr-Donets Basin in Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia forms a major hydrocarbon province. Although well- and seismic data have established a 20 km thick stratigraphy, field-studies of its sediments are scarce. The inverted Donbas segment (Ukraine) exposes the middle Carboniferous part of the basin's strati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： van Hinsbergen DJ,Abels HA,Bosch W,Boekhout F,Kitchka A,Hamers M,van der Meer DG,Geluk M,Stephenson RA

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Maculinea (=Phengaris) are endangered butterflies that are characterized by a very complex biological cycle. Maculinea larvae behave as obligate parasites whose survival is strictly dependent on both particular food plants and species-specific Myrmica ants. In this interaction, Maculinea caterpillars induce Myrmica wo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Di Salvo M,Calcagnile M,Talà A,Tredici SM,Maffei ME,Schönrogge K,Barbero F,Alifano P

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Diatoms are among the most diverse eukaryotic microorganisms on Earth, they are responsible for a large fraction of primary production in the oceans and can be found in different habitats. Pseudo-nitzschia are marine planktonic diatoms responsible for blooms in coastal and oceanic waters. We analyzed the transcriptome...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Di Dato V,Musacchia F,Petrosino G,Patil S,Montresor M,Sanges R,Ferrante MI

更新日期：2015-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic relevance of strokes in different locations is debated. For example, insular strokes have been associated with increased mortality, but this association could reflect their greater severity. In two independent cohorts of patients with supratentorial ischemic stroke (n = 90 and 105), we studied the progn...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Laredo C,Zhao Y,Rudilosso S,Renú A,Pariente JC,Chamorro Á,Urra X

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by homozygous mutation of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Disease severity inversely correlates to the amount of SMN protein produced from the homologous SMN2 gene. We show that SMN protein is naturally released in exosomes from all cell types examined. Fibroblasts from...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nash LA,McFall ER,Perozzo AM,Turner M,Poulin KL,De Repentigny Y,Burns JK,McMillan HJ,Warman Chardon J,Burger D,Kothary R,Parks RJ

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The unconventional myosin MYO18A that contains a PDZ domain is required for muscle integrity during zebrafish development. However, the mechanism by which it functions in myofibers is not clear. The presence of a PDZ domain suggests that MYO18A may interact with other partners to perform muscle-specific functions. Her...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cao JM,Cheng XN,Li SQ,Heller S,Xu ZG,Shi DL

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of diet induced obesity and KO mice models, nitric oxide is implied to play an important role in the initiation of dyslipidemia induced insulin resistance. However, outcomes using iNOS KO mice have so far remained inconclusive. The present study aimed to assess IR in iNOS KO mice after 5 weeks of LFD feed...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kanuri BN,Kanshana JS,Rebello SC,Pathak P,Gupta AP,Gayen JR,Jagavelu K,Dikshit M

更新日期：2017-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) mediates autoantigen and viral RNA-induced cytokine production. Increased TLR7 expression in human atherosclerotic lesions suggests its involvement in atherogenesis. Here we demonstrated TLR7 expression in macrophages, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and endothelial cells from mouse atheroscler...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu CL,Santos MM,Fernandes C,Liao M,Iamarene K,Zhang JY,Sukhova GK,Shi GP

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft contracture is a common problem associated with the regeneration processes of tissue-engineered bladders. Currently, most strategies used for incorporating bioactive molecules into biomaterial designs do not work during all phases of tissue regeneration. In this study, we used a growth factor-PLGA nanoparticle t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiang X,Lin H,Jiang D,Xu G,Fang X,He L,Xu M,Tang B,Wang Z,Cui D,Chen F,Geng H

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Auxin response factors (ARFs) are the transcription factors that regulate auxin responses in various aspects of plant growth and development. Although genome-wide analysis of ARF gene family has been done in some species, no information is available regarding ARF genes in chickpea. In this study, we identified 28 ARF ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Singh VK,Rajkumar MS,Garg R,Jain M

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of surveys on food webs of aquatic ecosystems have been conducted during the day owning to difficulties in sampling animals at night. In this study, to examine diurnal changes in predator-prey interactions in a temperate seagrass Zostera marina bed, a quantitative day/night survey of fish, the dominant an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shoji J,Mitamura H,Ichikawa K,Kinoshita H,Arai N

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian Target of Rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) nutrient-sensing pathway is a central regulator of cell growth and metabolism and is dysregulated in diabetes. The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (EIF-4E) protein, a key regulator of gene translation and protein function, is controlled by mTORC1 and EIF...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Soliman GA,Schooling CM

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We show a coding method of suspension array based on the laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), which promotes the barcodes from analog to digital. As the foundation of digital optical barcodes, nanocrystals encoded microspheres are prepared with self-assembly encapsulation method. We confirm that digital multip...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He Q,Liu Y,He Y,Zhu L,Zhang Y,Shen Z

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) may be effective in removing toxic lead and mercury ions (Pb(II) and Hg(II)) from wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater through anaerobic sulfite reduction. To confirm this hypothesis, a sulfite-reducing up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor was set up to treat FGD...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang L,Lin X,Wang J,Jiang F,Wei L,Chen G,Hao X

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation and growth of tumour-initiating cells with stem-like properties in distant organs characterize colorectal cancer (CRC) growth and metastasis. Thus, inhibition of colon cancer stem cell (CCSC) growth holds promise for CRC growth and metastasis prevention. We and others have shown that farnesyl dimethyl c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Husain K,Coppola D,Yang CS,Malafa MP

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a powerful method of editing genes by randomly introducing errors into the target sites. Here, we describe a CRISPR-based test for gene essentiality (CRISPR-E test) that allows the identification of essential genes. Specifically, we use sgRNA-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 to target the open reading fr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： You Y,Ramachandra SG,Jin T

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver transplantation. Data of 195 patients were retrospectively analysed. Post-reperfusion aspartate (AST), alanine transaminase, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels were the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Grąt M,Krawczyk M,Wronka KM,Stypułkowski J,Lewandowski Z,Wasilewicz M,Krawczyk P,Grąt K,Patkowski W,Zieniewicz K

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Trade in ivory from extant elephant species namely Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is regulated internationally, while the trade in ivory from extinct species of Elephantidae, including woolly mammoth, is unregulated. This...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ngatia JN,Lan TM,Ma Y,Dinh TD,Wang Z,Dahmer TD,Chun Xu Y

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In a quest for direct evidence of oscillation entrainment, we analyzed intracerebral electroencephalographic recordings obtained during intracranial electrical stimulation in a cohort of three medication-resistant epilepsy patients tested pre-surgically. Spectral analyses of non-epileptogenic cerebral sites stimulated...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Amengual JL,Vernet M,Adam C,Valero-Cabré A

更新日期：2017-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:ERF transcription factors play critical roles in plant immune responses. Here, we report the function of AtERF014, a nucleus-localized transcriptional activator, in Arabidopsis immunity. Expression of AtERF014 was induced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) and Botrytis cinerea (Bc). AtERF014-overexpressing (OE) ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang H,Hong Y,Huang L,Li D,Song F

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:WD40 proteins belong to a big protein family with members identified in every eukaryotic proteome. However, WD40 proteins were only reported in a few prokaryotic proteomes. Using WDSP ( http://wu.scbb.pkusz.edu.cn/wdsp/ ), a prediction tool, we identified thousands of prokaryotic WD40 proteins, among which few protein...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shen C,Du Y,Qiao F,Kong T,Yuan L,Zhang D,Wu X,Li D,Wu YD

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are important for immune defense against infectious pathogens and regulate the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases. However, their roles in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) are still unclear. This study examined the phenotype, distribution, clinical relev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ling L,Lin Y,Zheng W,Hong S,Tang X,Zhao P,Li M,Ni J,Li C,Wang L,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival analyses for malignancies, including renal cell carcinoma (RCC), have primarily been conducted using the Cox proportional hazards (CPH) model. We compared the random survival forest (RSF) and DeepSurv models with the CPH model to predict recurrence-free survival (RFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in non...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Byun SS,Heo TS,Choi JM,Jeong YS,Kim YS,Lee WK,Kim C

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinases are involved in numerous critical cell signaling processes, and dysregulation in kinase signaling is implicated in many types of human cancers. In this study, we applied a parallel-reaction monitoring (PRM)-based targeted proteomic method to assess kinome reprogramming during melanoma metastasis in three pairs...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miao W,Li L,Liu X,Qi TF,Guo L,Huang M,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00